Thomas Edison’s son used to tell the story that when his Dad was working in his laboratory on some experiments that he could not get to come out right, he would work late into the night and often sleep in the lab. One night the lab caught fire. Of course, the place was full of chemicals and other materials that were highly flammable, and the whole building went up in a huge blaze. Apparently, the fire was so big it could be seen for miles. Fire department from several different communities came to try to put out the fire, but they couldn’t stop it because there wasn’t enough water pressure.
At first they couldn’t find Mr. Edison, and they were getting really concerned about him. But then his son found him standing off to the side watching the fire. And the son said, “Daddy, are you all right?” And when Mr. Edison said, “I’ fine,” the son said, “The laboratory is burning to the ground. What are we going to do?”
“Go get your mother,” Mr. Edison said. “Tell her this is the biggest fire I’ve ever seen. Tell her we may not have an opportunity to see one this big again”.
And the next day, after the fire was out, he started building a new laboratory. He must have been pretty confident to have that kind of attitude. He didn’t look at the adversity, but only at the opportunity.
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A classic example of a man that does not doubt God. In it all, God remains faithful he appears to be saying to us.